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Thursday, June 03, 2010
Girl tells court how she escaped circumcision
A 15 year-old girl, Neema Chacha, told a Dar es salaam court
that she ran away from home because her father and aunt wanted her and a
younger sister to be circumcised.
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
Kenyan girl denied asylum in Australia
A Kenyan girl is seeking asylum in Australia, saying she fears she might
undergo female genital mutilation if she returns. The Australian Immigration Department is reported to have rejected her
request and informed her she does not qualify for refugee status.
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Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Elizabeth's Case
A Successful Case is Made for Granting Refugee Status to a Woman Fleeing Her Own Country to Protect her Daughter from Female Gentital Mutilation
by James Rice
Abstract
In November 1996, the UNHCR office in Hong Kong recognised a claim for asylum made by a woman who along with her two children had fled from her native Ghana because she feared that her daughter would be harmed by being subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM). The practice of FGM poses a significant harm to women in Sub Saharan Africa and parts of the Middle East and Asia. FGM persists because of cultural and religious factors. Despite this, it is morally wrong because it is done by in large without consent, and it inflicts severe pain and lasting ill effects on those it is done to. This case, relying on other decisions made by Canadian and the United States immigration boards is a significant development in the protection of girls and women who are subjected to FGM.
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